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 Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, Jericho, Jericho. Joshua fought the battle of Jericho

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 and the walls came a-tumbling down. You may talk about your men of Gideon, you may talk about the

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 men of Saul, but there's none like good old Joshua at the battle of Jericho. He was certainly there.

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 It's a well-known African-American song. It's a great song and it's a fun children's song and

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 you'll probably go out of here singing it tonight. So bad luck, there you go. But the problem is when

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 you get to Joshua 6 and you read about the destruction of Jericho, you soon realise that

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 Joshua 6 does not give Joshua the glory for this battle and for this victory. It lies very much

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 in the Lord's hands and that's what we're going to see as we go through this message tonight.

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 The scene is set at the end of Joshua 5, which we didn't read. We read a few weeks ago.

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 There's a vision. So I hope you've got your Bibles open. If you're looking at the end of Joshua 5 and

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 into Joshua 6, that's where I'm speaking from, the commander of the Lord's armies appears

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 to Joshua and a sword is in his hand and he looks really intimidating. He's ready for a fight,

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 but so is Joshua. And Joshua asks him a really bold question. Whose side are you on? Us or our enemies?

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 And God's answer to him is neither.

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 Yahweh, the Lord God, has a message for you. Get your shoes off. You're standing in a holy place.

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 It's a holy place because he's in the presence of God and Joshua is having something like the same

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 experience that the former leader Moses had had when he encountered God at the burning bush.

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 Get your feet off. Get your sandals off. This is holy ground to be standing in my presence.

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 And you see here that God is holy and he demands our respect whether you believe in him or not.

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 He doesn't play favourites. Everybody's accountable to him.

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 God's people are about to completely devastate St. Jericho.

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 So the end of the story, you get, this is the end of the story. I'm going to give it to you right now.

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 Verse 24. They burned the whole city and everything in it and they put the silver and the gold and the articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the Lord's house.

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 And what we read is a story where women and boys and girls and animals are completely obliterated by the people of God.

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 So think for a moment and feel the severity of what is going on here.

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 Australians go to war against nations who do such things.

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 At the moment we have troops fighting in Iraq against ISIS.

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 We participate in the United Nations humanitarian missions to protect vulnerable people groups who are attacked by other nations that have genocidal intentions.

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 We fight about these things.

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 And here we have it in the Old Testament part of the Bible.

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 How do we reconcile God being behind a genocide?

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 I had a conversation with somebody earlier in the day and they were talking to somebody after one of the services this morning.

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 And the way they dealt with it is to say we don't want to know too much about the Old Testament because it's a different God in the Old Testament to the God that we encounter in the New Testament.

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 And that is absolutely not true.

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 Back in Genesis, God made promises to Abraham.

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 In Genesis 15, as the sun was setting, Abraham fell into a deep sleep and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.

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 And then the Lord said to him,

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 Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own,

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 and they will be enslaved and they'll be mistreated for 400 years.

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 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,

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 and afterwards they will come out with great possessions.

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 You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age.

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 But in the fourth generation, your descendants will come back here.

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 For the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.

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 The sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.

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 And so you start to see that this is not about genocide,

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 and it's not about favouritism.

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 This is about the judgment of God who doesn't play favourites.

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 The time has come for the Amorite citizens of Jericho to be judged for their rejection of God.

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 God has been patient and forbearing for hundreds of years,

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 and time is now up and his judgment is about to fall on them.

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 Now if you think that's unfair,

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 then we could look further ahead in the Bible

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 and see that God would later do the same thing with his own people.

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 He will send them into exile from the Promised Land

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 because God does not play favourites.

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 So the commander of the Lord's army

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 is both a comfort and a warning to Joshua.

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 Comfort in that God is leading them to what will be

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 a heartening, breathtaking victory,

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 but a warning in that God is king.

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 He doesn't play favourites.

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 If the people of God turn away from him,

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 there will be no special pleading.

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 We will all come under his judgment.

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 So the commander brings this message of great reassurance.

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 Verse 2, chapter 6.

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 See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands

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 along with its king and its fighting men.

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 The Lord will win the battle of Jericho.

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 He is holy.

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 He is the sovereign king.

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 Joshua is about to participate in God's victory.

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 And so the really important question is not what Joshua asked,

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 which is, whose side are you on God?

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 He is Lord and God and king.

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 He doesn't answer to us.

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 We are accountable to him.

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 And so the question is,

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 are we giving ourselves to his purposes?

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 Are we on his side?

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 Are we on his side?

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 Do we care and participate in his mission

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 to bring men and women and boys and girls into his kingdom

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 to live for Christ as the redeemed people of God in the world,

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 which is what he calls us to be?

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 The last words of Jesus to his disciples at the end of Matthew,

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 are going to all the world and make disciples of all nations,

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 baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son

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 and of the Holy Spirit.

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 And lo, I am with you always until the very end of the age.

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 We have been given a very clear mission from God.

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 And wind the clock back 1,400 years to Joshua,

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 he is being given a very clear mission by God

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 to enter and conquer the land,

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 to lead the people of God into the place

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 where they can live and enjoy life as his people,

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 to begin to enjoy his salvation.

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 St. Paul's vision is to know,

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 to treasure and to represent Jesus.

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 And in a way, it's an expression of Matthew 28.

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 It reminds us that we are saved for a purpose

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 and God graciously saves us

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 and allows us to participate in his work in this world.

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 So for the Israelites, Joshua 6,

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 the current mission is Jericho.

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 It's mission impossible.

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 It's fortress Jericho.

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 The city's closed up.

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 The mighty walls seem impenetrable.

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 And from a human point of view,

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 this is just impossible.

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 But the Lord speaks to Joshua

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 and reassures him saying,

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 verse 2,

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 I have delivered Jericho into your hands

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 along with its king and its fighting men.

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 And so God gives,

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 right through the early chapters of Joshua,

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 he's giving Joshua reassurance after reassurance

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 as they step into this fearsome land,

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 into this land of the giants.

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 And as they come into the land

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 and as they begin to participate

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 in the first fight to take control,

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 this first victory will be the Lord's.

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 So the verse of our series,

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 Joshua chapter 1, verse 9,

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 God's been preparing him.

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 Have I not commanded you?

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 Be strong and courageous.

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 Do not be terrified.

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 Do not be discouraged.

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 For the Lord your God

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 will be with you wherever you go.

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 And then in chapter 2,

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 Rahab's revelation,

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 which was there to encourage the spies,

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 I know that the Lord has given this land to you

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 and that a great fear of you has fallen on us

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 so that all who live in this country

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 are melting in fear because of you.

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 When we heard of it,

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 our hearts melted

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 and everyone's courage failed because of you.

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 For the Lord your God

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 is God in heaven above

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 and on the earth below.

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 So three words of encouragement,

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 I have delivered Jericho into your hands,

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 I am with you

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 and your enemies there melting in fear.

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 And then God asked Joshua to do something

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 that seems completely ridiculous.

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 Parade around the city.

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 Ark of God out front,

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 priests blowing trumpets,

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 do it every day for six days

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 with all the fighting men,

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 maybe 600,000 men following behind,

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 walk in absolute silence

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 and then on the seventh day,

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 wear yourselves out,

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 do it seven times

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 and wait for my command

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 and when I say shout,

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 you shout!

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 It's a religious parade.

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 It's like an Anzac Day march, you know.

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 Thousands of soldiers

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 and no tools

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 to be able to breach the city's impregnable walls.

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 I'm an engineer by background

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 and I went looking for

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 the biggest bulldozer in the world the other day

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 because I wanted a way

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 to knock down the walls of Jericho

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 because it could have brought my engineering to be.

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 Komatsu 575,

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 they use them in northwest Australia.

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 Really big

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 and they can push 45 cubic metres

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 which is about 100 tonnes of earth

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 at one time.

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 And one of those I reckon

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 would have gone through Jericho's walls

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 in about 30 minutes.

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 But Joshua didn't have tools

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 or capacity like that.

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 Some of the children's Bibles

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 and I'm not sure we didn't see it on the screen

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 a minute ago

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 showed that the people of Jericho

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 mocking them as they march.

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 But the Bible doesn't say that.

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 600,000 men

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 marching around the city

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 six days in a row

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 in absolute silence

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 I think would have brought

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 a sense of fear

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 and foreboding

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 to the people

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 who were behind the walls.

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 Rahab has already told the spies

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 that

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 the hearts

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 of the people

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 in the city

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 were melting

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 with fear.

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 So the Ark of the Covenant

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 is out the front

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 of this parade

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 the symbol of God's presence

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 he had led them

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 right through the desert

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 and the priests

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 a week or two before

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 had stepped into the Jordan River

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 in flood

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 put their feet

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 into the water

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 with the river flooding

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 and God just stopped the river

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 and the whole nation

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 walked across

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 on dry land

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 into the promised land.

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 And rather ominously

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 the Ark of God

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 is front

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 centre

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 out the front again

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 at Jericho.

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 So verse 20

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 when this trumpet

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 sounded

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 the people shouted

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 and at the sound

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 of the trumpet

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 and when the people

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 gave a loud shout

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 the wall collapsed

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 so that every man

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 charged straight in

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 and they took the city.

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 God destroyed

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 an impenetrable

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 fortress.

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 They didn't breach

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 the wall

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 God did.

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 It was his victory

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 he did everything

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 the people

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 had the joy

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 of participating

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 in the victory

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 that God

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 had won

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 and all glory

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 to him.

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 Huge echoes

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 of this type

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 of thing

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 in the New Testament

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 I'm just going to one

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 but we could go

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 to other ones

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 Ephesians 2

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 very succinctly

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 says

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 it is by grace

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 you have been saved

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 through faith

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 and this not

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 from yourselves

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 it's the gift

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 of God

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 not by works

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 so that no one

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 can boast

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 for we are

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 God's workmanship

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 created in Christ

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 Jesus

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 to do good works

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 which God

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 prepared in advance

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 for us to do.

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 So the cross

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 of Christ

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 is all God's

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 work

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 it's his

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 initiative

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 it's his

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 kindness

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 it's his

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 mercy

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 it's his

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 grace

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 he has

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 destroyed

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 the wall

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 of human

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 sin

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 that separates

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 us from

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 the love

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 and the mercy

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 of God

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 that stops

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 us seeing

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 God for who

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 he really

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 is

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 is

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 and quite

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 remarkably

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 he brings

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 us

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 to a

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 completely

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 new life

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 where we

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 can live

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 for Christ

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 and enjoy

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 him forever

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 he allows

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 us to do

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 his good

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 work

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 so this

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 whole passage

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 is about

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 God's glory

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 it is about

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 who he is

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 and you see

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 that in chapter

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 6 verses

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 17 to 19

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 the city

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 and all

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 that are in

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 it are to

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 be devoted

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 to the

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 Lord

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 only Rahab

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 the prostitute

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 and all

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 who are with

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 her in her

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 house shall

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 be spared

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 because she

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 hid the

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 spies

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 we sent

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 but keep

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 away from

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 the devoted

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 things so

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 that you

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 will not

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 bring about

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 your own

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 destruction

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 by taking

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 any of

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 them

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 otherwise

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 you will

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 make the

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 camp of

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 Israel

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 liable to

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 destruction

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 and bring

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 trouble

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 on it

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 all the

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 silver and

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 the gold

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 and the

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 articles of

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 bronze and

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 iron are

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 sacred to

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 the Lord

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 and must

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 go into

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 his treasury

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 and then in

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 verse 21

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 they devoted

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 the city to

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 the Lord

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 and they

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 destroyed

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 with the

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 sword

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 every living

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 thing in

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 it

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 men and

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 women

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 young and

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 old

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 cattle

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 sheep

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 and

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 donkeys

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 it's the

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 moral dilemma

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 again

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 it's a

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 very strange

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 expression

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 everything

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 was devoted

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 to God

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 that meant

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 that every

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 living thing

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 was killed

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 men

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 women

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 children

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 infants

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 animals

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 and all

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 the precious

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 metal from

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 the city

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 into the

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 treasury

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 for the

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 future

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 building

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 of a

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 temple

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 to God

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 no

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 person

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 would

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 share in

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 the spoils

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 of this

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 victory

00:15:47.819 --> 00:15:48.279
 to the

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 victor

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 would go

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 the spoils

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 this is

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 the Lord's

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 victory

00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:54.159
 and so

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 all honour

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 and glory

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 and praise

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 to him

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 because he

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 is the

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 unbeatable

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 foe

00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:07.220
 now if you

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 don't have

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 some moral

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 discomfort

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 about this

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 event

00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:13.320
 it means

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 you're really

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 well taught

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 or a bit

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 numb to

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 something that

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 you should

00:16:17.220 --> 00:16:17.560
 have some

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 feeling about

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 the

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 wholesale

00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:22.100
 slaughter

00:16:22.100 --> 00:16:22.799
 of a

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 city

00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:24.680
 and all

00:16:24.680 --> 00:16:24.919
 its

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 people

00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:27.399
 does not

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 sit

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 comfortably

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 and yet

00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:33.139
 throughout

00:16:33.139 --> 00:16:33.779
 the Bible

00:16:33.779 --> 00:16:34.539
 salvation

00:16:34.539 --> 00:16:35.799
 and

00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:36.360
 judgment

00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:37.460
 always go

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 hand in

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 hand

00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:39.180
 salvation

00:16:39.180 --> 00:16:40.139
 or rescue

00:16:40.139 --> 00:16:42.000
 only means

00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:42.480
 something

00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:42.919
 when you

00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:43.539
 understand

00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:44.000
 what you

00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:44.460
 have been

00:16:44.460 --> 00:16:44.940
 rescued

00:16:44.940 --> 00:16:45.539
 from

00:16:45.539 --> 00:16:46.779
 and what

00:16:46.779 --> 00:16:47.139
 you have

00:16:47.139 --> 00:16:47.379
 been

00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:47.699
 brought

00:16:47.699 --> 00:16:48.120
 to

00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:51.259
 and you

00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:51.740
 see that

00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:52.259
 in Joshua

00:16:52.259 --> 00:16:52.799
 6

00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:53.139
 in the

00:16:53.139 --> 00:16:53.659
 face of

00:16:53.659 --> 00:16:54.079
 God's

00:16:54.079 --> 00:16:54.459
 judgment

00:16:54.459 --> 00:16:55.000
 there is

00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:55.419
 great

00:16:55.419 --> 00:16:55.879
 mercy

00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:58.279
 one person

00:16:58.279 --> 00:16:58.639
 and her

00:16:58.639 --> 00:16:59.219
 family are

00:16:59.219 --> 00:16:59.500
 saved

00:16:59.500 --> 00:16:59.980
 Rahab

00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:00.179
 the

00:17:00.179 --> 00:17:00.919
 prostitute

00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:02.539
 a person

00:17:02.539 --> 00:17:02.959
 that most

00:17:02.959 --> 00:17:03.299
 would have

00:17:03.299 --> 00:17:03.959
 judged as

00:17:03.959 --> 00:17:04.680
 unworthy

00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:05.460
 she wasn't

00:17:05.460 --> 00:17:05.900
 the one

00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:06.380
 you would

00:17:06.380 --> 00:17:06.779
 have picked

00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:07.120
 if you

00:17:07.120 --> 00:17:07.560
 were lining

00:17:07.560 --> 00:17:08.039
 up to

00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:08.759
 find the

00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.440
 one citizen

00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:10.860
 of Jericho

00:17:10.860 --> 00:17:11.240
 that we

00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:12.060
 will save

00:17:12.060 --> 00:17:13.759
 the woman

00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:14.299
 of faith

00:17:14.299 --> 00:17:14.759
 who saw

00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:15.160
 the hand

00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:15.500
 of God

00:17:15.500 --> 00:17:15.960
 at work

00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:17.140
 who in

00:17:17.140 --> 00:17:17.680
 chapter 2

00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:18.019
 had said

00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:18.380
 to the

00:17:18.380 --> 00:17:18.779
 spies

00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:19.799
 the Lord

00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:20.279
 your God

00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:20.720
 is God

00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:21.139
 in heaven

00:17:21.139 --> 00:17:21.500
 above

00:17:21.500 --> 00:17:21.799
 and on

00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:22.119
 the earth

00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:22.639
 beneath

00:17:22.639 --> 00:17:24.240
 now then

00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:24.720
 please

00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:25.139
 swear to

00:17:25.139 --> 00:17:25.259
 me

00:17:25.259 --> 00:17:25.660
 by the

00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:25.839
 Lord

00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:26.279
 that you

00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:26.460
 will

00:17:26.460 --> 00:17:26.700
 show

00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:27.180
 kindness

00:17:27.180 --> 00:17:27.660
 to my

00:17:27.660 --> 00:17:28.059
 family

00:17:28.059 --> 00:17:28.660
 because I

00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:29.119
 have shown

00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:29.539
 kindness

00:17:29.539 --> 00:17:30.139
 to you

00:17:30.139 --> 00:17:31.500
 give me

00:17:31.500 --> 00:17:31.920
 a sure

00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:32.259
 sign

00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:32.519
 that you

00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:32.980
 will spare

00:17:32.980 --> 00:17:33.480
 the lives

00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:33.819
 of my

00:17:33.819 --> 00:17:34.220
 father

00:17:34.220 --> 00:17:34.740
 and mother

00:17:34.740 --> 00:17:35.099
 and my

00:17:35.099 --> 00:17:35.420
 brothers

00:17:35.420 --> 00:17:36.099
 and sisters

00:17:36.099 --> 00:17:37.160
 and all

00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:37.660
 who belong

00:17:37.660 --> 00:17:38.079
 to them

00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:38.500
 that you

00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:39.139
 will save

00:17:39.139 --> 00:17:39.660
 us from

00:17:39.660 --> 00:17:40.139
 death

00:17:40.139 --> 00:17:43.160
 she

00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:43.960
 recognised

00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:44.279
 God

00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:44.639
 for who

00:17:44.639 --> 00:17:45.059
 he was

00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:45.879
 she seized

00:17:45.879 --> 00:17:46.420
 the moment

00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:47.139
 she pleaded

00:17:47.139 --> 00:17:47.579
 for her

00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:48.000
 safety

00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:48.740
 and when

00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.140
 the day

00:17:49.140 --> 00:17:49.599
 of judgment

00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:49.940
 came

00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:50.380
 she was

00:17:50.380 --> 00:17:50.960
 absolutely

00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:51.660
 safe

00:17:51.660 --> 00:17:52.519
 one

00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:53.019
 family

00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:53.400
 safe

00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:53.799
 from the

00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.160
 judgment

00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:54.680
 of God

00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.240
 out of

00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:55.720
 all the

00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:56.099
 families

00:17:56.099 --> 00:17:56.880
 of Jericho

00:17:56.880 --> 00:17:58.259
 that's

00:17:58.259 --> 00:17:58.759
 echoed in

00:17:58.759 --> 00:17:59.380
 other places

00:17:59.380 --> 00:17:59.759
 in the

00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:00.039
 Bible

00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:00.440
 when you

00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:01.099
 see Abraham

00:18:01.099 --> 00:18:01.779
 pleading

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.319
 with God

00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:02.740
 over the

00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:03.019
 cities

00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.559
 of Sodom

00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:04.380
 and Gomorrah

00:18:04.380 --> 00:18:05.200
 you can't

00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:05.660
 get much

00:18:05.660 --> 00:18:06.160
 lower than

00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:06.519
 Sodom

00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:07.019
 and Gomorrah

00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:07.599
 but Abraham

00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:08.480
 was pleading

00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:09.299
 that God

00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:09.640
 wouldn't

00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:10.079
 destroy

00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:10.720
 these cities

00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:11.059
 and in

00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:11.440
 destroying

00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:11.920
 the cities

00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:12.940
 maybe sweep

00:18:12.940 --> 00:18:13.440
 up some

00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:13.740
 righteous

00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:14.200
 people

00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:14.960
 who didn't

00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:15.299
 deserve

00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:15.799
 to die

00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:16.440
 so he

00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:16.700
 said if

00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:17.160
 there's 50

00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:17.779
 people there

00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:18.079
 will you

00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:18.579
 save the

00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:18.759
 city

00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.180
 yes I'll

00:18:19.180 --> 00:18:19.559
 save it

00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:20.240
 40 people

00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:20.480
 will you

00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:20.899
 save the

00:18:20.899 --> 00:18:21.079
 city

00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:21.480
 yes I'll

00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:21.980
 save it

00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:22.879
 30 people

00:18:22.879 --> 00:18:23.099
 will you

00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:23.519
 save the

00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:23.700
 city

00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:24.139
 yes I'll

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 save it

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 20 people

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 Lord please

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 forgive me for

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 asking one

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 more time

00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:28.480
 but if there's

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 10 people in

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 those cities

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 will you spare

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 those cities

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 and God says

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 I'll spare

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 them

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 but in

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 in the end

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 only lot

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 and two

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 daughters

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 walked out

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 of those

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 cities

00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:37.540
 and were

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 saved

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 from all

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 the

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 inhabitants

00:18:38.820 --> 00:18:39.340
 of Sodom

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 and Gomorrah

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 in Matthew

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 chapter 7

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 the Lord

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 Jesus himself

00:18:44.980 --> 00:18:45.300
 said

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 for wide

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 is the

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 gate

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 and broad

00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:47.860
 is the

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 road

00:18:48.100 --> 00:18:48.580
 that leads

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 to destruction

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 and many

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 enter through

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 it

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 but small

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 is the

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 gate

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 and narrow

00:18:54.560 --> 00:18:55.060
 the road

00:18:55.060 --> 00:18:55.560
 that leads

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 to life

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 and only a

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 few

00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:57.700
 find it

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 so the

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 truth of

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 the matter

00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:03.019
 is that

00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:03.559
 none of

00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:04.220
 us deserves

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:04.920
 to escape

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 God's

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 judgment

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:07.059
 it is

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 only by

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 his

00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:08.660
 mercy

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 lots

00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:11.259
 and lots

00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:11.860
 of people

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 in the

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 world

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 and around

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 us

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 and even

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 within us

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 here tonight

00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:15.740
 have heard

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 about God's

00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:17.279
 great news

00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:17.779
 about the

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 Lord Jesus

00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:18.900
 Christ

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 and they

00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:21.080
 have chosen

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 to reject

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 it

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 or put

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 it to

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 side

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 and to

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 ignore it

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 for the

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 time being

00:19:25.120 --> 00:19:25.680
 whatever it

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 is

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 but there

00:19:26.620 --> 00:19:27.240
 is not

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 another

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 route

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 I was

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 talking to

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 one of

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 my friends

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 recently

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 he has

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 a dad

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 whose

00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:37.720
 idea of

00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:38.039
 helping

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 my friend

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 his son

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 to become

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 a man

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 when he

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 was on

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 the threshold

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 of adulthood

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 his dad

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 brought him

00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:46.099
 from the

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 country

00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:46.859
 brought him

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 to the

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 city

00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:47.759
 took him

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 to

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 King's

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 Cross

00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:48.859
 paid

00:19:48.859 --> 00:19:49.220
 for the

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 strip shows

00:19:49.859 --> 00:19:50.400
 and the

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 sex

00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:52.359
 that was

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 how he

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 formed

00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:53.700
 his boy

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 and that

00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:54.980
 is the

00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.480
 baggage

00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:56.079
 that my

00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:56.319
 friend

00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:56.819
 carries

00:19:56.819 --> 00:20:00.399
 God

00:20:00.399 --> 00:20:00.779
 in his

00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:01.159
 mercy

00:20:01.159 --> 00:20:01.480
 brought

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:01.679
 my

00:20:01.679 --> 00:20:01.939
 friend

00:20:01.939 --> 00:20:02.119
 to

00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:02.460
 Christ

00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:02.759
 even

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.019
 with

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 his

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 distorted

00:20:03.659 --> 00:20:04.240
 attitudes

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:04.480
 to

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 sex

00:20:04.859 --> 00:20:06.179
 he

00:20:06.179 --> 00:20:06.659
 saved

00:20:06.659 --> 00:20:06.859
 him

00:20:06.859 --> 00:20:07.039
 from

00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:07.220
 his

00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:07.480
 old

00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:07.839
 life

00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:08.000
 he

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.220
 brought

00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:08.339
 him

00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:08.460
 to

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 something

00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:09.240
 new

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:10.799
 his

00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:11.099
 dad

00:20:11.099 --> 00:20:11.439
 still

00:20:11.439 --> 00:20:11.700
 is

00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:11.879
 a

00:20:11.879 --> 00:20:12.480
 cranky

00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:13.079
 old

00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:13.839
 selfish

00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:14.460
 self

00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:15.039
 self

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:16.079
 selfish

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:16.759
 sex

00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:17.720
 obsessed

00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:18.299
 man

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:20.539
 he's

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:20.879
 bitter

00:20:20.879 --> 00:20:21.819
 he's

00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:22.399
 divisive

00:20:22.399 --> 00:20:22.779
 to his

00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.159
 children

00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:24.560
 he's

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 heard

00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.019
 about

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.420
 Jesus

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:25.759
 and he

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.500
 refuses

00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:27.060
 to turn

00:20:27.060 --> 00:20:27.420
 to him

00:20:27.420 --> 00:20:29.220
 he is

00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:29.660
 like a

00:20:29.660 --> 00:20:29.960
 pig

00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.440
 rolling

00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:30.800
 in its

00:20:30.800 --> 00:20:31.060
 own

00:20:31.060 --> 00:20:31.580
 filth

00:20:31.580 --> 00:20:34.680
 he

00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:35.279
 refuses

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:35.920
 to reach

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.300
 out to

00:20:36.300 --> 00:20:36.680
 the one

00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:37.240
 who would

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:37.720
 rescue

00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:38.140
 him

00:20:38.140 --> 00:20:38.779
 and who

00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.140
 would

00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:39.480
 make

00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:39.720
 him

00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:40.140
 clean

00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:43.000
 but if

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.500
 he keeps

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:43.880
 saying

00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:44.560
 no to

00:20:44.560 --> 00:20:45.019
 Jesus

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:46.820
 he is

00:20:46.820 --> 00:20:47.380
 effectively

00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:48.300
 saying yes

00:20:48.300 --> 00:20:48.740
 to the

00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:49.100
 judgment

00:20:49.100 --> 00:20:49.540
 of God

00:20:49.540 --> 00:20:50.060
 bring it

00:20:50.060 --> 00:20:50.360
 on

00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:56.939
 my

00:20:56.939 --> 00:20:57.259
 friend

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:57.539
 lives

00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:57.759
 with

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.119
 grief

00:20:58.119 --> 00:20:58.339
 and

00:20:58.339 --> 00:20:58.819
 distress

00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.919
 in his

00:20:59.919 --> 00:21:00.379
 extended

00:21:00.379 --> 00:21:00.799
 family

00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:00.959
 it's

00:21:00.959 --> 00:21:01.199
 not a

00:21:01.199 --> 00:21:01.399
 happy

00:21:01.399 --> 00:21:01.859
 place

00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:03.779
 but

00:21:03.779 --> 00:21:04.099
 what a

00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:04.559
 blessing

00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:05.379
 that he

00:21:05.379 --> 00:21:05.819
 has been

00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:06.139
 brought

00:21:06.139 --> 00:21:06.699
 to new

00:21:06.699 --> 00:21:07.119
 life

00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:07.679
 in his

00:21:07.679 --> 00:21:07.879
 own

00:21:07.879 --> 00:21:08.319
 family

00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:09.979
 the

00:21:09.979 --> 00:21:10.199
 Lord

00:21:10.199 --> 00:21:10.539
 Jesus

00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:10.979
 has been

00:21:10.979 --> 00:21:11.559
 extremely

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:12.019
 gracious

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:12.479
 to him

00:21:12.479 --> 00:21:13.000
 despite

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.339
 his

00:21:13.339 --> 00:21:13.939
 brokenness

00:21:13.939 --> 00:21:14.419
 and sin

00:21:14.419 --> 00:21:16.059
 he's

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:16.240
 been

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.619
 able to

00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:16.859
 make

00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:17.139
 a new

00:21:17.139 --> 00:21:17.539
 life

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:17.859
 with

00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.240
 Christ

00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.759
 walking

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.079
 away

00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:19.279
 from

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.419
 the

00:21:19.419 --> 00:21:19.859
 darkness

00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:20.500
 of

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:20.679
 the

00:21:20.679 --> 00:21:21.039
 life

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:21.379
 that

00:21:21.379 --> 00:21:21.539
 his

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:21.839
 earthly

00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:22.339
 father

00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:23.379
 inducted

00:21:23.379 --> 00:21:23.559
 him

00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:23.919
 into

00:21:23.919 --> 00:21:28.799
 friends

00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:29.000
 we

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.259
 haven't

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:29.459
 just

00:21:29.459 --> 00:21:29.699
 been

00:21:29.699 --> 00:21:30.059
 saved

00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:30.279
 for

00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:30.819
 eternity

00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:32.219
 the

00:21:32.219 --> 00:21:32.639
 grace

00:21:32.639 --> 00:21:33.240
 and the

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.559
 mercy

00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:34.059
 and the

00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:34.379
 kindness

00:21:34.379 --> 00:21:34.879
 of God

00:21:34.879 --> 00:21:35.240
 means

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:35.659
 that we

00:21:35.659 --> 00:21:36.159
 have been

00:21:36.159 --> 00:21:36.659
 permitted

00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:37.539
 to begin

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.459
 a

00:21:38.459 --> 00:21:39.019
 completely

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.379
 new

00:21:39.379 --> 00:21:39.699
 life

00:21:39.699 --> 00:21:39.899
 with

00:21:39.899 --> 00:21:40.079
 him

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:40.439
 now

00:21:40.439 --> 00:21:43.479
 Rahab

00:21:43.479 --> 00:21:43.740
 was

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.079
 saved

00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:44.299
 from

00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:44.679
 terrible

00:21:44.679 --> 00:21:45.159
 judgment

00:21:45.159 --> 00:21:47.179
 she

00:21:47.179 --> 00:21:47.619
 was set

00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:47.919
 free

00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:48.419
 to begin

00:21:48.419 --> 00:21:48.859
 again

00:21:48.859 --> 00:21:50.399
 she

00:21:50.399 --> 00:21:50.779
 was given

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.279
 a place

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.619
 amongst

00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:51.799
 the

00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:52.059
 people

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:52.240
 of

00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:52.539
 God

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.839
 and

00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:54.179
 despite

00:21:54.179 --> 00:21:54.500
 the

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:54.919
 scandal

00:21:54.919 --> 00:21:55.259
 of her

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:55.559
 former

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:55.859
 life

00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:56.039
 she

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.219
 would

00:21:56.219 --> 00:21:56.439
 later

00:21:56.439 --> 00:21:56.639
 be

00:21:56.639 --> 00:21:56.859
 honored

00:21:56.859 --> 00:21:57.059
 as

00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:57.199
 a

00:21:57.199 --> 00:21:57.359
 woman

00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:57.559
 of

00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:57.899
 faith

00:21:57.899 --> 00:21:58.799
 who

00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.039
 took

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.219
 her

00:21:59.219 --> 00:21:59.679
 chance

00:21:59.679 --> 00:22:00.339
 and

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:00.679
 reached

00:22:00.679 --> 00:22:01.039
 out

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.740
 and

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:01.939
 she

00:22:01.939 --> 00:22:02.379
 grabbed

00:22:02.379 --> 00:22:02.599
 the

00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.119
 salvation

00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:03.500
 that

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:03.759
 God

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.099
 offered

00:22:04.099 --> 00:22:04.399
 her

00:22:04.399 --> 00:22:07.359
 she

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:07.559
 was

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:07.919
 God's

00:22:07.919 --> 00:22:08.439
 workmanship

00:22:08.439 --> 00:22:10.439
 recreated

00:22:10.439 --> 00:22:11.019
 and now

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.419
 enabled

00:22:11.419 --> 00:22:11.839
 to do

00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:12.019
 the

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.199
 good

00:22:12.199 --> 00:22:12.579
 works

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:12.799
 that

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.119
 God

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.479
 had

00:22:13.479 --> 00:22:13.799
 for

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.099
 her

00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:14.379
 to

00:22:14.379 --> 00:22:14.639
 do

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:17.040
 so

00:22:17.040 --> 00:22:17.380
 what a

00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:17.580
 hope

00:22:17.580 --> 00:22:17.900
 we have

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 in

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 matter

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 you've

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 done

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 or

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 what

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 you've

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 become

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 it

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 is

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 not

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 too

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 late

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 to

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 turn

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 to

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 Christ

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 to

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 receive

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 his

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 cleansing

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 forgiveness

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 to

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 begin

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 a

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 brand

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 new

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 life

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 doing

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 the

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 good

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 things

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 that

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 he

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 has

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 prepared

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 in

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 advance

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 for

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 you

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 to

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 for

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 use

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 of

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 mean